Today in history: First antibiotic remedy for TB, world stock markets crash, more
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1921
Portuguese PM & several officials are murdered in coup led by an army officer
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1943
In first antibiotic remedy for TB, Streptomycin, is isolated by researchers
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1950
Korean War: The Battle of Pyongyang ends in a United Nations victory
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1987
Black Monday: Stock markets crash; 4.5 times the previous daily record
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;2005
Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity